[Voxnovus] Lehner String Quartet is looking for MORE composers interested in producing a 2nd concert

[Robert Voisey]

Lehner String Quartet is looking for composers who want to produce their
works.  After a huge success with our first online performance the Lehner
Quartet is doing another call for composers who are looking to produce and
have their pieces performed and recorded.

The Lehner Quartet's performance can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_-Ufzf2rQ

And a special encore performance can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz8mu30DZOg

Vox Novus in collaboration with Virtual Concert Halls is looking for
composers who are interested in supporting a performance and LIVE online
video recording of their string quarters.   Selected composers will have
their string quartet presented on a special Composer’s Voice online concert
hosted by Virtual Concert Halls and broadcasted LIVE online to 5 streaming
platforms: Youtube, Facebook, Vimeo, Twitch, and Periscope.  All
performances will be archived on their related platforms.

Composers will be featured LIVE online during the concert to present
themselves and describe their works to the audience. A host will introduce
the musicians and the composers.

In order to present this online publication of their works, composers will
be asked to sign and agree to a consent form for online publication and
promotion. Agreements will be non-exclusive for all parties.

The deadline to submit scores is May 1, 2021.

Composers need to submit their string quartets online to New Music Engine.

There is a $30 submission fee to be paid to Vox Novus PayPal button can be
found here:
www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/calls/

Selected composers have a $1100 production fee to cover musician fees and
broadcasting costs.

Composers will receive 2 online rehearsals (30 minutes each) and
performance of your string quartet broadcasted live online to YouTube,
Facebook, Vimeo, Twitch and Periscope by Virtual Concert Halls. You will
have a video and audio copy your work with non-exclusive rights to do with
what you wish. (All artists and producers are expected to be credited in
publications.)

 Guidelines:
Works need to be a maximum of 15 minutes in length.

Scores need to be submitted as a PDF file including all parts.

An Audio Realization sound file of the work as MP3 is required.

Works need to be submitted by May 1, 2021.

150 word biography.

150 word program notes.

Participating composers are required to participate for the online
performance with an interview and presentation of their piece.

Participating composers will also be asked to sign a consent form for
public online performance.

Participating composers participating in this digital publication will be
required to sign a publication agreement.

Work written for string quartet (Violin 1, Violin 2. Viola, and Cello)

Work needs to be less than 15 minutes in length.

There is a submission fee of $30

PayPal Button can be found here:
http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/calls/

Deadline for work is May 1, 2021

Work must be submitted to newmusicengine.org

Composers will be asked to register to New Music Engine and provide the
following:
-Biography
-Program Notes
-Score as a PDF file
-PDF score must include all 4 instrument parts
-Audio Realization of the work uploaded as MP3 file
-$30 submission fee (Merchant Transaction ID from your PayPal receipt to
Vox Novus)

PayPal Button can be found here:
http://www.voxnovus.com/composersvoice/calls/

 Lehner String Quartet

Natasha Bogachek, violin
Zino Bogachek, violin
Philippe Chao, viola
Igor Zubkovsky, cello

The string quartet is composed of four talented musicians who are members
of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra (Washington National Opera):
Violinists Natasha Bogachek and Zino Bogachek, violist Philippe Chao, and
cellist Igor Zubkovsky. Each are accomplished performers in their own
right, they have a history of performing together to bring music to
audiences around the world. Virtual Concert Halls and Vox Novus are proud
to feature these string players to present new music by living composers.

Violinist Natasha Bogachek, a native of Russia, received her B.M. and M.M.
degrees from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and continued her
studies at the Peabody Conservatory. In the United States, she has appeared
as a soloist with the National Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, Centennial
Philharmonic, and Eclipse Chamber Orchestras, and performed with various
chamber music groups throughout the country. Ms. Bogachek was a member of
the Knoxville Symphony and the North Carolina Symphony prior to joining the
National Symphony Orchestra in September 2000.

www.kennedy-center.org/artists/b/bo-bz/natasha-bogachek/

 Ukranian-born American violinist Zino Bogachek has received broad critical
acclaim for his technical facility and emotional expressiveness. Known for
his uncompromising individuality and wide-ranging musical interests, he has
performed extensively as a soloist, recitalist and chamber music
collaborator throughout the former USSR, Poland, Austria, Mexico, Italy and
the U.S. Mr. Bogachek was Principal Second Violin of the Knoxville Symphony
Orchestra before joining the the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra in
1999.

www.kennedy-center.org/artists/b/bo-bz/zino-bogachek/

Philippe Chao enjoys a wide-ranging career as an orchestral, solo and
collaborative performer as well as a respected teacher and coach. A tenured
member of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, he also performs as
Principal Violist with The Post-Classical Ensemble and as an extra musician
with the National, Detroit, and Baltimore Symphonies. He spends his summers
as a member of the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson, Wyoming. As part
of the Cappelletti-Chao Duo has performed throughout the country in a
variety of venues from concert halls to music festivals to salon concert
series’ and have appeared on live radio. His decade-long collaboration has
resulted in several works having being written specially for the duo,
including Divertimento by the renowned American composer, Adolphus
Hailstork.

www.kennedy-center.org/artists/c/ca-cn/philippe-chao/

Igor Zubkovsky started playing cello in his native Russia. He first
appeared as a soloist with the Minsk State Philharmonic Orchestra at the
age of twelve, performing the Haydn C Major Cello Concerto. Later, he
studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Natalia Shakhovskaya, the Gold
Medalist of the 1962 Tchaikovsky Competition. Mr. Zubkovsky won top prizes
at international competitions, including the International Cello
Competition in Minsk, Belarus (II prize), and the Tansman Competition in
Lodz, Poland (Grand Prix). Since 2003, Mr. Zubkovsky has been a member of
the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, and continues to perform
extensively as a soloist and chamber musician. He has appeared at Merkin
Concert Hall in New York and the prestigious Newport Music Festival. He is
the author of numerous arrangements and transcriptions of duets and trios
featuring the cello. He premiered the Cello Sonata by Isaac Mikhnovsky.

www.kennedy-center.org/artists/z/zo-zz/igor-zubkovsky/
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